PNC Bank said it is upgrading its automated teller machines in the Charlotte region and elsewhere, so they can accept new credit and debit cards embedded with security microchips. The bank said other changes it’s making to the ATMs include screens with easier-to-read buttons and adding the option for customers to receive emailed receipts. Sarah Pompeiispompeii@herald-leader.com

PNC Bank said it is upgrading its automated teller machines in the Charlotte region and elsewhere, so they can accept new credit and debit cards embedded with security microchips. The bank said other changes it’s making to the ATMs include screens with easier-to-read buttons and adding the option for customers to receive emailed receipts. Sarah Pompeiispompeii@herald-leader.com

This week, Pittsburgh-based PNC announced it is pushing to upgrade all 9,000 of its U.S. ATMs by Oct. 1, when liability for fraud involving MasterCard-branded cards shifts to ATM owners. The liability shift for Visa-branded cards is scheduled for October 2017.

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PNC, the ninth-largest bank by deposits in Charlotte, said it plans to upgrade all 161 ATMs in its western Carolina region. That area, which includes Charlotte, roughly runs from Asheville to Greensboro and down to upstate South Carolina.

In addition to upgrading ATMs to accept the new cards, PNC said it is adding protective keypad shields to many of the machines. The shields are designed to help hide customers’ personal identification numbers.

The bank said other changes it’s making to the ATMs include screens with easier-to-read buttons and adding the option for customers to receive emailed receipts.